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Egalitarianism under Severe Uncertainty
Author(s) -
Rowe Thomas,
Voorhoeve Alex
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
philosophy and public affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.388
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1088-4963
pISSN - 0048-3915
DOI - 10.1111/papa.12121
Subject(s) - egalitarianism , distributive justice , distributive property , fallacy , positive economics , economic justice , economics , proscription , term (time) , epistemology , law and economics , politics , political science , law , microeconomics , mathematics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
In the spring of 2009, a novel strain of the H1N1 influenza virus, containing a never before witnessed combination of gene segments from human influenza, two forms of swine influenza, and avian influenza, 1 was declared a global pandemic. The UK Government had to decide whether to undertake, at a cost of £1.2 billion (USD 1.9 billion at the time, equivalent to 1 percent of that year’s health budget), an extensive set of preparatory measures, including the purchase of both antiviral medication and a novel vaccine in quantities sufficient to cover the entire UK population, or whether instead to take substantially less costly measures, which would involve having only a limited supply of these medicines and vaccines at hand.2 The possible.